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Dr. Richard Olsen

CONTACT INFORMATION

EDUCATION

PhD - University of California, San Diego, 1980 MS - University of California, San Diego, 1975 BS - University of Southern California, 1974

NPS EXPERIENCE

2005 - Present: Professor 1987 - 2005: Associate Professor

OTHER EXPERIENCE

1986 - 1987: Associate Research Professor, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 1982 - 1986: Assistant Research Professor, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 1980 - 1982: Research Associate, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL 1976 - 1980: Research Assistant, University of California, San Diego, CA

TEACHING INTERESTS

Remote Sensing Space Environment Plasma Physics

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Current research is mostly in the area of 3D imaging and the analysis of data derived from airborne and terrestrial laser scanners. Recent work has focused on the exploitaiton of data from multi-wavelength laser scanners (spectral lidar) and waveform data from airborne scanners

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Dr. Olsen joined the faculty of NPS in 1987. His research interests span the field of remote sensing. He has worked extensively with national technical means (NTM); spectral imagery, from UV to LWIR, and high-spatial resolution commercial systems. Over the last few years, he has mostly focused on the exploitation of LiDAR data. Most of this work involves terrain classification and target detection (including submarines). Prof. Olsen has published 36 refereed scientific articles. He has advised two Ph.D. students and more than 150 M.S. students. Prof. Olsen is a member of SPIE, IEEE, and the AGU.